Pfeiffer Nuclear Weapon And National Security Archive

$298,618 Total
Pledged in Current
ECP Campaign

Pinal tabulation of the results of the
recent Employees Contribution Plan cam¬
paign shows a total of $298,618.45 pledged
by Sandians to support the Albuquerque
Community Fund and nine national health
and welfare agencies.

Average gift of the 5437 Sandians who
contributed to ECP is 54.90, an increase of
$3.90 over last year.

Some 2826 Sandia employees contributed
a fair share—one hour’s pay per month—
or better. A total of 2043 employees in¬
creased their deductions for ECP while
169 new participants signed up.

All in all. Lou Berry < 5500 > is pleased
with the results of the drive.

"Fifty-four dollars as an average gift is
an impressive figure.” Lou says. “We ap¬
preciate this generous contribution. San¬
dians can be proud of their record of com¬
munity service. My appreciation also goes
to all the committee members, coordinators,
speakers and other drive workers. They did
a tremendous job."

LAB NEWS Announces
Sandia Photo Contest

Amateur photographers, take note.

The LAB NEWS announces the first
Sandia photo contest. Open to Sandia
and AEC employees, the contest offers
cash prizes for winners, publication in the
LAB NEWS, and display in the lobby of
Bldg. 802.

Entries will be divided into two cate¬
gories, and three cash awards <$25, first;
$15. second; $10. third> will be made in
both categories. The categories are (1)
people and abstracts and <2) animals and
scenics.

Only black and white photographs will
be considered in sizes no smaller than five
by seven inches. The LAB NEWS staff,
Division 3432. will be judges. Professional
photographers are not eligible to enter.

Deadline for submission of the photo¬
graphs is Friday. Dec. 12. Winning photos
will be published in the Jan. 2 issue of
the LAB NEWS and will become the prop¬
erty of the publication.

At Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque,
submit entries to Division 3432, Bldg. 802,
Rm. 133. At Livermore, submit entries to
Division 8216, M04.

After display in Albuquerque, the win¬
ning photos will be shown at Livermore.
Entries should be marked on the back with
the photographer’s name and organization
number plus type of camera and film used.

John Todd Appointed to
Metropolitan Crime Board

John Todd <3114)
was recently ap¬
pointed to the City-
County Metropol -
itan Crime Commis¬
sion. Appointment
to the group was
made by the Albu¬
querque City Com¬
mission. Chairman
of the nine - man
Crime Commission

The Crime Commission was authorized
in early October in a resolution which
states, in part, ”... representatives of resi¬
dents . . . can be helpful in focusing at¬
tention on the needs of the community, in
recommending action to be taken by all
agencies of government, . . . and can in¬
fluence and formulate public opinion to
support action necessary to protect the
public from criminal activities . . ."

John’s background should enable him to
take a knowledgeable view of the problem
of crime in this area. He is an alumnus of
the FBI and worked with that agency as
a special agent in the New York area. He
came to Sandia in July 1959.

Why get Involved in this activity? John’s
reply; “Everyone’s against crime, but most
citizens view it as strictly the policeman’s
problem. This view is excessively narrow.
Crime is a severe problem that deserves as
much attention by citizens as pollution,
poverty, or any other major problem.”

m W LAB NEWS

VOL. 21, NO. 23, NOVEMBER 7, 1969

REBA (for Relativistic Electron Beam Accelerator) facility is now
undergoing operational testing in Area V. The machine produces a
four-inch diameter beam of electrons traveling at almost the speed
of light. Energy of 3.25 megavolts at 50,000 amperes can be re¬

leased in a pulse of 70 nanoseconds duration. The facility features
two experiment target areas. A central Marx generator can alternate
firing through two Blumlein transmission lines.

New Electron Beam Accelerator

REBA Gives Flashy Performance

A new test facility that incorporates a
new machine called REBA < for Relativistic
Electron Beam Accelerator) is now under¬
going operational testing in Area V. REBA
produces a beam of electrons about four
inches in diameter traveling at almost the
speed of light. Energy output of the ma¬
chine — 3.25 megavolts at 50,000 amperes
— is released in a pulse of about 70 nano¬
seconds duration.

REBA complements existing facilities in
Sandia’s radiation effects program and

provides an additional tool for materials
properties studies and for research in elec¬
tron beam propagation. REBA replaces the
old Hermes I flash x-ray machine which
was first built to prove the principles now
incorporated into the giant Hermes II fa¬
cility. After initial design testing of
Hermes I, the machine saw considerable
use in laboratory experiments.

The REBA facility provides a “two-head¬
ed” access which will speed up the rate
at which experiments can be conducted.

Through use of two Blumlein transmission
tubes charged from the same Marx gen¬
erator, the two separate target areas were
made possible. Scientists may conduct an
experiment on one side while the other
side is being set up for the next experi¬
ment. Heavy concrete shielding separates
the two areas.

The Marx generator for REBA is the
same one used in the old Hermes I ma¬
chine. It consists of 38 100-kilovolt capaci¬
tors. This capacitor bank, which can store
95 kilojoules of energy, is contained in a
tank of 23.000 gallons of mineral oil <for
electrical insulation). Overall length of
REBA is 28 feet, width is 24 feet.

REBA operates in three stages:

First, the capacitors are electrically
charged in parallel.

Second, the capacitors are discharged in
series via spark gaps into the Blumlein
transmission line.

Third, when a switch is closed, energy in
the Blumlein transmission line is dis¬
charged into the output tube to produce
the high-current electron beam.

Design of REBA permits its additional
use as a flash x-ray machine. With the
addition of a tantalum target, where the
interaction of electrons with atoms pro¬
duces x-rays, REBA can generate 25 rads
<H.,0> at one meter.

However, the electron beam mode is an¬
ticipated to be the primary method of oper¬
ation. To gain a more concentrated energy
level, the four-inch diameter beam of elec¬
trons can be "pinched” down to a smaller
target area.

Electron Beam Physics Division 5245 will
use REBA to investigate design features
of low-impedance pulsed electron acceler¬
ator tubes.

Design of REBA was centered in Divi¬
sion 5245 under Tom Martin. Dave John¬
son. project leader, had assistance from
Don Butel, Ken Prestwich and Ray Klein.
Components of the machine were built by
local suppliers and assembled by Sandia.

Radiation Source Applications Division
5221 under Bob Jefferson is now respons¬
ible for operation of REBA and scheduling
of experiments. REBA operator is Doug
Dugan.

GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY for the new Sandia Laboratories Federal Credit
Union was conducted last week by (I to r) Art Dekker, architect; Doug Ballard (7361),
Credit Union president; Alan Pope (9300), Credit Union director; Virgil Harris (9133)
first Credit Union President in 1948-49; Charles Campbell (4000), sponsor repre¬
sentative; John Tessman, contractor for new building; and Laddie Otoski, manager,
AEC/SAO. The new building, containing 4300 sq. ft. of space, will be completed
in February. Construction cost is $125,000.

Voters Decide

New Constitution or Old?

On Dec. 9. New Mexico voters will go to
the polls to make a decision that is likely
to have a profound effect on the state for
years to come. They are being asked to
approve or reject a new constitution. If
they approve, the state will be provided
with an instrument for change and mod¬
ernization and with sufficient flexibility
to meet governmental complexities un¬
dreamed of when the original constitution
was written 59 years ago.

The proposed constitution represents
considerable change in a number of im¬
portant areas: governmental organization,
the judiciary, education, finance, and
human and natural resources.

LAB NEWS, in this and coming issues,
will point out some of the significant
changes in the proposed constitution. You
are urged to become familiar with the pro¬
visions of the proposed constitution, a copy
of which will be mailed to every registered
voter, probably in late November or early
December. Newspapers throughout the
state are publishing it and it will be dis¬
cussed widely on radio and television. So
read the constitution, and compare its pro¬
visions with those of the present constitu¬
tion, so that you can vote intelligently on
Dec. 9.

Two Sandians have played an active role
in the drafting of the document. Bob Es-
terly (9414) was vice chairman of the
Constitutional Revision Commission which
worked out details of the Constitutional
Convention and prepared a draft constitu¬
tion. Bill Warren (1721) was among 70
delegates elected to rewrite the constitu¬
tion. Bill was a member of the Education,
Natural Resources, and Style Committees
of the convention.

The original constitution, according to
the Constitution Revision Commission is
"... among the longest of any of the
state constitutions, is replete with archaic
provisions, restrictive amendatory and pro¬
cedural requirements, numerous details of
a statutory nature, and contains a multi¬
tude of express checks on the exercise of
governmental powers.” It has been amend¬
ed 72 times in the past 59 years and, in
the view of the commission, often con¬
flicts with federal law and the United
States Constitution.

During a 60-day session the Convention
succeeded in reducing the number of con¬
stitutional articles from 24 to 14 and in
making the document more consistent with
its federal counterparts.

Here are some of the more significant
provisions of the proposed constitution:

Government reorganization, Articles III
and IV — elect state senators to four-year
term (instead of the present six years):
but continue two-year terms for represent¬
atives;

—mandatory reapportionment of the
legislature after each 10-year census;

Sympathy

To Harry Kinney (1222) for the death
of his wife on Oct. 28.

To Pat Maurer (4363-1) for the death of
her father in Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 27.

To A. E. Randall (4332) for the death of
his mother in Fayetteville, Ark., Oct. 20.

To Arsenio Montoya (2342) for the death
of his wife, Oct. 31.

To Loren File (4252-2) for the death of
his mother in Illinois, Oct. 30.

—move the legislature’s convening date
from January to February to allow the
governor time to prepare programs and
recommendations to be presented;

—extend the legislative session from 60
days during each odd-numbered year and
30 days during each even-numbered year
to a total of 115 days to be structured to
fit the circumstances;

—adopt a more realistic compensation
plan for lawmakers. In addition to the
present per diem allowance, legislators
would receive a salary “not to exceed an
amount equal to 15 percent of the average
salaries of . . . the governor and the chief
justice of the supreme court.”

Article IV, pertaining to the executive
branch, contains the most far-reaching
changes. Chief among these is the so-call¬
ed "short ballot” under which only four
governmental offices would be elective —
governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor
and state land commissioner. The offices
of secretary of state, attorney general, and
treasurer would be appointive.

Governor Cargo and a number of pre¬
vious governors asked the convention for
this provision in order to strengthen the
executive branch by making key cabinet
positions responsible to the governor in¬
stead of to the electorate. Under the pres¬
ent system elected officials of a governor’s
cabinet can be, and often are, at variance
with his policies — an arrangement the
governors felt that was not conducive to
good administration.

Other features of Article IV:

—retain the Bureau of Agriculture under
the board of regents of New Mexico State
University;

—establish a Human Rights Commis¬
sion;

—change the terms of office for gov¬
ernor, lieutenant governor, state auditor,
and land commissioner from two to four
years.

Article V, which pertains to the judici¬
ary, differs chiefly in length from the
present version. Its most significant fea¬
ture establishes a unified court system un¬
der the direction of the New Mexico Su¬
preme Court. Moves to make judgeships
appointive rather than elective failed to
pass.

NEXT: The Bill of Rights, education,
human and natural resources, and the
elective franchise.

"What can we do to entertain them?
They spent millions just to visit us!"

FAVORITE SUBJECTS for Willard Converse's 35mm camera are located on hikes throughout
New Mexico, but the fine quality of his enlargements comes directly from his darkroom.

Photo Hobby Leads to Scenic Spots
And Varied Technical Challenges

No one was surprised when Willard
Converse (5300/5500) began taking first
prizes for his black and white photographs
at the New Mexico Fair four years ago.
Willard is a very thorough person and
the composition as well as printing would
first have to meet his own high standards.

“I’d been interested in photography all
along, but had always been too busy with
other activities. Four years ago I decided
to make it my principal hobby,” he ex¬
plains. This led to his setting up a dark¬
room to process his own film, purchasing
back-packing equipment so that he can
take New Mexico Mountain Club trips to
scenic places, and studying cacti — one of
his favorite photographic subjects.

A follower of Ansel Adams, Willard ad¬
mires this famous photographer’s mastery
of technique and his ability to perceive
moods and to control conditions. “My ap¬
proach is to master the techniques first,”
he says. Willard prefers realism rather
than highly contrived situations.

Because of the many variables in the
photographic process, Willard limits these
as much as possible, using only one camera
(a Swiss-made Alpa 35mm with a 50mm
lens) and one film. Until recently that
preferred film was Panatomic-X, but now
it’s a high contrast copy film such as that
used in microfilming. He sets his light
meter at about half the recommended ASA
emulsion rating and uses a special low
contrast developer to counteract the high
contrast of the film. The result is an
extremely fine grain negative from which
a 16” x 20” enlargement of superior qual¬
ity can be printed.

Willard found a neat solution to the
ever-present problem of airborne dust in
Albuquerque darkrooms. “I knew the prin-

Take Note

Charlie Chavez (4335) emerged the
champ of the recent Sandia Laboratories
tennis tournament. Doubles winners were
John McKiernan (9521) and Bob Clark
(2343).

Runnersup were Bill Poole (9252) in sin¬
gles competition, Bill Villenueva (7513) and
Lou Sisneros (4152) in doubles.

Anyone interested in joining in tennis
ladder play should contact one of the
members of the committee — Tex Wind¬
ham (7521), Bill Poole (9253), Andy Kyzar
(7363) or Herman Smith (AEC/ALO).

Round Robin team tournaments in two
Sandia table tennis leagues were complet¬
ed recently. Winners of A league are Daril
Gutscher < 1213), Jarvin Bumgarner < 1611),
A1 Maes (1612) and Gloria Toland (4623).
B League winners are George Perkins
(2613), Earl Morris (1553), Larry Kiefer
(7325) and Billy Duggin (7342).

Eight teams competed in A league, seven
in B league.

Congratulations

Mr. and Mrs. John Sisneros (4153), a
daughter, Christine Marie, Oct. 15.

ciple of the Whitfield laminar airflow
cleanroom and adapted it to a corner of
my darkroom,” he says. I purchased some
filters at the salvage yard and installed
a fan between the ceiling beams to force
the air blown into an enclosure I had
placed around the enlarger. It’s a big help
and eliminates having to touch-up spots
on prints.”

As to favorite scenic locations, Willard
likes White Sands National Monument.
“There’s a different vista around every
corner — but it’s easy to get lost there.”
he says. The most challenging spot is Tent
Rocks near Cochiti Pueblo. "I’ve been there
three or four times in summer and in
winter, but I still haven’t found the can¬
yon under the right light. I’ll probably
have to camp there overnight." he con¬
cludes.

SHY TYPE—LAB NEWS tried to engage
this lady engineer as bathing suit model
for Coronado Club picture. But she
would have none of it and we had to
settle for this fetching pose as she put¬
ters with her equipment over in Bldg.
819. Sorry, we didn't even get her name.

REACTION OF METAL TO ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION is measured and analyzed by
Paul VanDyke, left, (8233) and Dave Dean (8343). Data obtained from photos include the
velocity of the expelled metal, visible characteristics of the blow-off plume and the
bending of the test sample as a function of time.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING INSTRUCTION—National Safety Council instructor-trainer
Paul Ven DeMark (right) illustrates a common traffic problem to (from left) Don
DuBose (8223), Norm Sirnic (8254), and Gil Rhodes, supervisor of Safety Engineering
Division 8262. The course was attended by nine people from Sandia Laboratories
Livermore who are, in turn, instructing other Sandians in defensive driving.

Electron Beam Effects on Materials

Irradiating material with a pulsed elec¬
tron beam and photographing the re¬
action as it occurs is an effective tech¬
nique used by Sandia Laboratories Liver¬
more to analyze how very rapid heating
affects the material.

"In a typical test,” says engineer Dave
Dean <8343'. "a material sample is heated
with a short 'less than 40 nanoseconds)
burst of electrons. The energy of the elec¬
trons is absorbed near the surface of the
test sample, and if the intensity of the
electron fluence is great enough, the ma¬
terial in the irradiated region is almost
instantaneously melted and vaporized.
Forces created by thermal expansion expel
this material from the rest of the test
sample at very high velocities.”

The sequence of pictures ibelow) taken
4, 40 and 80 microseconds after the elec¬
trons hit a metal sample shows how the
melted portion of the material is expelled
from the rest of the sample. The plume of

material is being blown back toward the
source of the electron stream. Enough
energy was deposited so that the mstal was
heated only into the melt phase.

The plume lengthens with time because
the material at the leading edge of the
plume goes faster than the material at the
trailing edge. Again, this is a reflection of
the way energy is deposited in the material
by the electrons.

Other points of interest in the pictures
are the appearance of streamers in the
blow-off plume at later times and the
bending of the test sample. Bending is
caused by a recoil reaction between the test
sample and expelled material.

The photographic apparatus — adapted
for the experiments by Paul VanDyke
<8233-3) — employed a Cordin framing
camera which can operate at speeds be¬
tween 250,000 and 2.000,000 frames per
second.

Effect of electron beam on metal test sample

4 microseconds:

40 microseconds:

80 microseconds:

blow-off plume begins

metal plume separates

plume breaks into

to form

from sample

streamers; test sample
is bending

LIVERMORE NEWS

VOL. 21, NO. 23 SANDIA LAB NEWS NOVEMBER 7, 1969

Supervisory Appointment

GLEN O T E Y to
supervisor, Project
Engineering Divi¬
sion 8157, effective
Nov. 1.

Glen joined
Sandia Laboratories
Livermore in Sep¬
tember 1966 as a
staff member in a
project engineering
division, where he
was responsible primarily for vulnerability
testing and mechanical design. About three
months ago, he transferred to the pre¬
liminary design group and at the time of
his promotion was involved in systems
evaluation and design.

Before joining Sandia, Glen was em¬
ployed as a mechanical engineer by Boeing
in New Orleans, doing analytical work in
heat transfer and fluid mechanics in sup¬
port of the development of the Saturn 5
rocket.

He has a BS degree in nuclear engineer¬
ing from Mississippi State University and
an MS in mechanical engineering from
Tulane University.

Glen served in the Navy as a pilot from
1955-60. Since then, he has been in the
Naval Reserve and currently is executive
officer of a squadron at Alameda Naval
Air Station.

He is a member of the American Institute
of Aeronautics and Astronautics and is a
registered engineer in Louisiana.

Glen and his wife Barbara live at 471
Ontario Drive, Livermore, with their three
children, two boys and a girl.

Sympathy

To Jerry Starr (8222) for the death of
his mother in Okemah, Okla., Oct. 9.

Don Veca Awarded
Master's Degree in EE

tional Check of a
Product Tester."

Don Veca of Ac¬
ceptance Equipment
Division 8 15 1 re¬
ceived a master of
science degree in
electrical engineer¬
ing recently from
Louisiana Polytech¬
nic Institute.

His thesis was en¬
titled “A Product
Simulator for Func-
ilse Code Modulator

Don joined Sandia Laboratories Liver¬
more in October 1966, and was assigned
to Electrical Subsystems Division where he
worked on the design of firing sets. For the
past two years, he has been designing prod¬
uct testers in Acceptance Equipment Divi-

Previously, Don was an electical engineer
with the Thiokol Chemical Corporation in
Louisiana. While at Thiokol, he completed
the course work requirements for his
master's degree. His thesis was based on
work completed at Sandia.

He received his BS degree in electrical
engineering from Tulane University in
1952.

Take Note

Marvin Glaze, manager of Security.
Safety Engineering Environmental Health
Department 8260, discussed Deployment.
Supervision and Training of Contract
Guards at a recent Western Electric Se¬
curity Investigator Training Program. The
program was held at WE's Corporate Edu¬
cation Center near Princeton. N. J.

Laser Raman Spectroscopy
At Nov. 1! Colloquium

Laser Raman spectroscopy will be the
subject of the Nov. 11 colloquium at Sandia
Laboratories Livermore. By means of this
technology, individual gaseous species can
be distinguished by the shift of wavelength
of the light scattered from a high power
monochromatic light beam.

An explanation of the Raman effect as
well as several of its applications will be
given by Danny Hartley, a staff member
in Aerothermodynamics Division 8351. As¬
sociated with Sandia since 1968, Danny has
applied laser technology to Raman spec¬
troscopy and has proposed a unique flow
visualization technique for which a patent
has been applied.

Danny received his doctorate in aero¬
space engineering from Georgia Institute
of Technology in 1967. He was later award¬
ed a research fellowship at the von Karman
Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Belgium
where he became familiar with electron
beam fluorescence spectroscopy. He is a
member of the American Institute of Aero¬
nautics and Astronautics and Sigma Xi.

Tickets are required. Alec Willis <8351>
is host.

SANDIA RETIREES—Speakers from the district office and the
Livermore Chapter of the American Association of Retired Per¬
sons (AARP) recently addressed this group of Sandia retirees

and their spouses who reside in the Bay Area. Subject was local
chapter of the association. Luncheon meeting was fourth annual
get together for the group.

With Sandia at Amchitka

MILROW

SUCCESSFULLY

DETONATED

On Thursday, Oct. 2, the weather was "good" for a change.
It was relatively clear and winds were quiet. Usually the tem¬
perature hangs around 35 and the place is socked in with fog
or rain. Amchitka in the Aleutians has been described as the
place with the worst weather in the world.

The nuclear device—equal to one megaton of TNT —was
detonated at 12:06 p.m. It registered 6.5 on the Richter scale
as had been predicted. As a matter of fact, everything went
about as predicted.

Only a rock slide and earth slumps occurred along the cliffs
of the island. There were no water wave effects, only a slight
ripple not exceeding two inches which was noted near the

island. A few stacks of vertical rock (sea stacks) tumbled,
but eagles and other birds were seen perched on the stacks
about three hours after detonation.

All went well in the pens of sea otters. They were heartily
eating fish four hours after detonation and were subsequently
released into their natural habitat. Predictions of no damage
to the ecological systems at Amchitka were verified.

The Sandians packed up their gear and came home. Wasn't
much to do there except fish anyway.

Sandia provided instrumentation for the earth and under¬
water measurements of the shock wave created by the detona¬
tion. Sandia scientists are evaluating data collected.

SANDIANS struggle up steep bank from beach
through the tundra. Entire island, except for wind¬
swept rocks, is covered with this dense growth.

BELOW—Mel Merritt (9150), Tests Effects Evalu¬
ation Scientist for Project Milrow, feeds sea otters
held in a pen some 4500 yards from ground zero.
Frisky animals were unhurt by the underground
detonation.

LARRY LARSEN (9123) adjusts cables on a telemetry
tower. Sandia provided instrumentation for measuring
ground and underwater shock from the detonation.

AERIAL VIEW of Sandia's recording trailer park shows the post perched on the
tundra above rocky shore line. Both hard wire and RF telemetry link was used in
recording data from detonation.

FISHING was one of the few recreational activities available on the island, but it
was great according to Sandians who participated in Project Milrow. At left, Dale
Breding (9123) displays a sea trout while Bob Howard (EG&G), Bob Holt (9123) and
Ben Benjamin (9123) display a prize catch of freshwater Dolly Varden trout. The
fish were cooked in the mess hall, made a fine evening's meal.

HARRY HOLMES (9123) had a little difficulty with
this "tundra buggy" but the tracked vehicle was
the only thing that could cross open tundra.

BALD EAGLES, some with sev¬
en-foot wingspread, abound on
Amchitka.

CABLE from underwater instrumentation to recording trailer park is being strung
by a crew from the "Sea Tender." The instruments recorded shock wave in the sea
around the island resulting from the Milrow detonation.

Supervisory Appointments

PAUL plomp to
supervisor, NC Pro¬
gramming Section
425 1 - 1, effective
Nov. 1.

Paul came to
Sandia in 1965 and
worked in the En¬
gineering Practices
Division where he
was a computer
programmer design-
for numerical con¬
trolled machines. Last year he transferred
to the Numerics System Division 7624. In
this division he continued designing sys¬
tems software but also worked on engi¬
neering analysis programs.

He has a BS degree in mechanical engi¬
neering from the University of Denver. His
MS, also in mechanical engineering, was
earned at UNM under Sandia’s Technical
Development Program.

Paul is a member of the American Soci¬
ety of Mechanical Engineers.

Paul, his wife Sharon, and their two
children live at 12312 Pine Ridge Ave. NE.

She has a BS degree in business admin¬
istration from New Mexico State University
where she also earned a secretarial certifi¬
cate.

Jan, her husband Jim, and their two
children live at Canoncito Estates in the
Sandias.

JANET WILLIS to
supervisor, Secre¬
tarial Services Sec¬
tion 3256-2, effec¬
tive Nov. 1.

Jan joined Sandia
in 1959 as a secre¬
tary - stenographer
and worked in var-
ious organizations
until she left the
Laboratories in 1962.
She was rehired three years later and, in
1966, was promoted to secretary of the Ad¬
vanced Systems Research Department. She
subsequently has been secretary to the
Physics and Mathematics Research Direc¬
torate 1700, and since the beginning of this
year has been secretary to Vice President
Solomon Buchsbaum (5000).

Promotions

JAKE GONZALES
to supervisor. Ap¬
prentice Section
4253-5, effective
Nov. 1.

Jake started his
Sandia career in
1955 as a machinist
helper in the ma¬
chine shop. In 1958
he joined Sandia’s
machinist appren¬
ticeship program and was a member of the
first graduating class in 1960. He worked
as a machinist until 1965 when he was pro¬
moted to staff assistant and programmer
in the NC Programming Division. In 1967
he became an apprentice instructor in the
Employee Training and Education Division
3132.

A graduate of St. Mary’s High in Albu¬
querque, Jake has been taking courses in
Sandia’s Technical Institute Equivalency
Program and will complete the program in
February.

He was a member of the New Mexico
Air Guard for 12 years.

Jake, his wife Dina, and their three chil¬
dren live at 8805 Robin NE.

Jim Walston Exhibits Art

An exhibit of drawings by Jim Walston
(3417-3) is currently hanging in the Las¬
siter Memorial Laboratory Building at
Lovelace Clinic. Included are 15 drawings
of Indians, many of them from Cochiti
Pueblo. The exhibit will remain through
Nov. 20. The building is open from 7:30
a.m. to 5 pm. Monday through Friday and
7:30 to noon on Saturday.

Retiring

Norman Nichols,
a staff assistant in
Project Design Def¬
inition Division
7613, will retire the
end of this month.
He was employed
by Sandia in Sep¬
tember 1957 and
has has been with
the drafting organ¬
ization the entire
time. Before joining the Laboratories he
worked at the U.S. Navy Electronics Lab¬
oratory in San Diego.

Mr. and Mrs. Nichols have no children
but “lots of nieces and nephews,” Norman
says. Both are native Californians — Nor¬
man lived there for more than 50 years —
and have many friends and relatives liv¬
ing in the state. “We plan to visit with
people in California, Florida and Iowa after
I retire,” Norman says.

“I have a variety of hobbies and don’t
really know if I’ll have time to do all the
things I want to.” One big item on the
agenda is to remodel their home at 2715
Santa Clara Ave. SE. “We sold our former
home and bought this smaller place, think¬
ing that it would take less care and time
to maintain,” Norman says. “But I didn’t
realize how much work was involved when
I started planning to fix the house up —
so I saved it all to do after I retire.”

James Southall, a
precision welder in
Assembly Section
4232-1, is retiring
Nov. 10. He has
been at Sandia al¬
most 17 years —
since December
1952.

His retirement
plans are somewhat
indefinite except for
one idea - “I will not sit and be idle,” he
says. Mr. Southall says he will make his
retirement home either in Albuquerque or
Santa Fe — he lived in Santa Fe for 14
years. “I may open a small maintenance
shop for appliances,” he says. “I like to
keep busy and I enjoy that sort of work.”
Other plans include travel — just to look
around and visit with relatives in Colo¬
rado, Oklahoma, California and Washing¬
ton.

Mr. Southall is active in volunteer
church work. “I expect to continue this
activity. I also spend a lot of time at the
Veteran’s Hospital running errands, writ¬
ing letters or doing anything I can to
help.”

PAGE FIVE
SANDIA LAB NEWS
NOVEMBER 7, 1969

On Island of Hawaii

i

Sandians Helping Dig Harbor
With Conventional High Explosives

Four Sandians are on the island of
Hawaii this week assisting in an Army
Corps of Engineers project to dig a har¬
bor with conventional high explosives. Luke
Vortman of Underground Physics Division
9111 is scientific officer for the project
with responsibility for making air blast
predictions and measurements.

Phase I of the project is being conduct¬
ed now. This is a safety calibration series.
Several small yield high explosive crater¬
ing charges are being detonated to pro¬
vide air blast and ground shock data in
the vicinity of the project site.

Gerry Laursen and Dean List of In¬
strumentation Fielding Division 9123 are

Fall Golf Tourney

Winners in recent Sandia Employee Golf
Association tournaments were Jerry Smith
<7263) who took the low gross crown in
the Fall Classic tournament with a 72,
and Bill Stacey (AEC/ALO), who won the
low net trophy with a net 65.

SEGA team championship was won by
Dale Jones <2642), Don Fjelseth (2315)
and Lewis Fjelseth (1516) with a total net
score of 204.

Don Longcope (1222) won the low net
trophy for the SEGA Overflow Tourney in
an 18-hole playoff with Rick Blose <7652)
after the two tied with 70. Jim Leonard
(7521) took low gross with a 74.

responsible for the air blast instrumenta¬
tion system. Mel Gallegos of Data Engi¬
neering and Development Division 7291
is responsible for on-site data reduction.

Site of the proposed harbor is Kawaihae
Bay on the northeast coast of the island.
Aim of the project is a harbor for shallow
draft boats. Explosive cratering techniques
for producing a harbor basin in shallow
water will also be demonstrated.

Data from the current series will be used
to determine the maximum safe detona¬
tion yield. In addition, the series will pro¬
vide crater dimension data from under¬
water detonations in coral which will be
used for design of the remainder of the
project.

In Phase II, excavation of the entrance
channel to the harbor is planned with
simultaneous detonation of a number of
high explosive charges placed in a row.
Phase III will be excavation of berthing
basins using either a row charge or an
array of charges. Completion of the proj¬
ect is expected in May 1970.

Experience gained from this project may
be useful in Project Plowshare — the
AEC’s program for developing peaceful
uses of nuclear explosives. Since 1962, the
AEC and the Army Corps of Engineers
have been engaged in a joint research pro¬
gram to develop technology for use of
nuclear explosives in large-scale civil en¬
gineering projects.

Big Snow Job?

Ski Movie, Ski Swap
Prelude to White Stuff

Entertainment, an opportunity to buy or
sell ski equipment, and a chance to help
the volunteer Sandia Peak Ski Patrol. All
this and more is in store the next two
weekends.

Tomorrow evening the Patrol sponsors
a showing of Warren Miller’s new full-
length feature movie “This Is Skiing.”
Opening the program will be previews of
improvements at Sandia Peak, Taos, Angel
Fire, and Purgatory ski areas. Activities
get underway at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic
Auditorium. Tickets are $1.25.

On Friday, Nov. 14, doors of the Flower
Building on the State Fair Grounds will
be open from 2 to 9 p.m. to receive ski
equipment and clothing to be sold Nov. 15
and 16 during the Third Annual Ski Swap.
Sale hours will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. There

will also be movies, refreshments, and dis¬
plays. John Shunny (3432) is chairman for
both activities. Other Sandians assisting
him are John Davenport (2344) and Keev-
in Moriarty (4121).

Skiers visiting Sandia Peak this winter
will be able to see where Ski Swap profits
have gone. This summer, Patrolmen spent
weekends building a warming hut at the
top of Exhibition run. It is primarily for
use of Patrolmen standing a “top watch,”
but will also provide shelter for treating
skiers injured near the top. The Patrol’s
rescue toboggans can be stored under the
structure to keep them snow-free.

The Sandia Peak Ski Patrol has 40
volunteer members and last season treat¬
ed 384 accident victims, including 75 frac¬
tures.

NOW COMPLETED Ski
Patrol warming hut
at the top of Exhibi¬
tion run at Sandia
Peak is the result of
volunteer labor and
profit from the Ski
Patrol's annual Ski
Swap. Another Ski
Swap will be held
Nov. 15-16. Patrol¬
men who helped
build the hut includ¬
ed (I to r). Jack Cyrus
(2325), Pete Stirbis
(1542), Don Bush
(2343), and Navy
Commander Bill
Horton.

80-POUND CORE, wound by Ralph Dalby with coaxial cable, will become part of a
capacitor bank. A wide variety of windings is carred out by Transformer Section 4231-5.
Mylar (on rolls in background) is used to separate layers of bare wire.

Minute Cores Wire-Wound
In 4200's Transformer Shop

It’s almost like working with your im¬
agination. How else could you explain
winding a copper wire, so thin you can’t
feel it, around a doughnut shaped core, so
tiny you can scarcely see it.

This is one of the latest jobs tackled by
the men and women in Jim Reek’s Trans¬
former Section 4231-5. In this instance,
the engineer’s specifications required 140
turns of wire on the core. The No. 55
wire is .00025 of an inch in diameter and
costs $2800 a pound. Because of its
thinness, the wire can only be wound
through the core’s center by hand with
tweezers under a magnifying glass. A trial
run of 50 turns took four hours; usually
when the wire breaks it’s necessary to start
over as a splice could cause a possible
breakdown.

By using a holding fixture, the winding
is sometimes made without a core. A liquid
epoxy is applied to the wire with a fine
brush as the turns are made, the finished
product is cured in an oven. It is then
self-supporting and requires no further
“potting” in plastic.

Much of this work comes from Circuit
Components Division 2632. Almost all of
the transformers are prototypes, and after
the design is proven a commercial manu¬
facturer does the production work. The
Transformer Shop also has the capability
of rewinding, repairing or replacing trans¬
formers on an emergency basis to keep
the maintenance and electronic organiza¬
tion on a minimum breakdown status.

When the transformer core is unavail¬
able from a commercial source, Sandia’s
Pattern Shop or Machine Shop will make
one to the engineer’s specifications.

Roughly 80 percent of the transformers
are round, but last month the group
wound some antenna coils which were
four feet square. A current job used an
80-pound core to be wound with coaxial
cable 3/4-inch in diameter. Four of these
transformers will be used in a 150,000 volt
capacitor bank.

Film Unit Named Winner of Cindy

Sandia Laboratories has been named
winner of a “Cindy” award for the film
“Laboratory in the Desert: the Story of
Tonopah Test Range.” The award was won
in a competition of the Information Film
Producers of America, an association of
governmental and industrial agencies who
produce technical, scientific, and educa¬
tional documentary films.

The 23-minute sound/color film was pro¬
duced by Motion Picture Production Di¬
vision 3454 and is now available for dis¬
tribution within the Laboratories. The film
was made for public relations and recruit¬
ing purposes outside Sandia and, internal¬
ly, for briefing of persons interested in
Range capabilities.

The silver “Cindy” plaque which San¬
dia received is the second highest award.

Certificates were presented to individual
members of the production crew: Bob Col-
gan (3454) — producer, Chuck Cockelreas
<3454) — writer/director, Bill Mahaffey
(3454) — cinematographer/editor, Ken

Miller (3417) — art director, Bill Geek
(3454) — second cameraman, Howard

Hayden <3454) — sound, Joe Flanagan
(3455-2) and Wayne Gravning <3454) —
special photo effects.

Contact Division 3454 if you wish to
schedule a showing of the flim.

"CINDY" AWARD won by Motion Picture
Production Division 3454. The award was
won for a 23 minute sound/color film on
Tonopah Test Range. "Cindy" awards are
given by an association of institutional film
producers.

Normally one thinks of petite women
with high dexterity as being best able to
perform such tasks. The Transformer Shop
has such, but it also has Ralph Dalby.
layout operator, who claims to be the tal¬
lest man at Sandia — he’s 6 foot 10. He
also has some 20 years experience with
transformers. “We’ve always been able to
do a job for an engineering organization,”
he says with pride. “A transformer or coil
meeting requirements for which it was de¬
signed is of high concern and reflects a
pride in our craftsmanship. We will wind
any size or shape of coil or transformer
requested by the design engineering organ¬
izations.

RIDGES in Helen Agats' finger seem large
compared with these transformer coils
which will receive 140 windings of ultra-
fine copper wire.

Service Awards

20 Years

15 Years

PAGE SEVEN

10 Years

NOVEMBER 7, 1969
SANDIA LAB NEWS

8129. William Kampfe 7325. Esther Martinez 4613, Jack Cyrus
2325. Ronald Clouser 7511. Dwayne Mohrman 8172. Bemadine
Ross 3455. Jo.-.n Madsen 8330. Richard Sbimada 8252, Wanda
Cupp 4333.

Authors

John Marcon (2451), J. R. Rosborough
(2451), and L. O. Cropp (9522), “Master-
Slave Computer Linked by Telephone
Lines,” October issue, CONTROL ENGI¬
NEERING.

L. W. Davison (5133) and D. E. Amos
<1722), “Dissipation in Liquid Crystals,”
Vol. 183, No. 1. PHYSICAL REVIEW.

Albert Narath <5100), “Magnetic Prop¬
erties of Dilute Gold-Vanadium Alloys:

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in AuV and
Au<Ag)V,” Vol. 183, No. 2, PHYSICAL
REVIEW.

J. M. Peek and T. A. Green (both 5232),
“Improvement in the First Bom Theory
of Electron Scattering by Molecular Sys¬
tems. I. Theory. II. Example" and “Angular
Distribution of Protons from Collisional
Dissociation of H 2 +.I,” Vol. 183, No. 1,
PHYSICAL REVIEW.

Visits to Research Laboratories
Added Plus to Japanese Conference

You don’t find many of our technical
conferences that begin with a concert, but
the first item on the program of the re¬
cent International Meeting on Ferroelec-
tricity, held in Japan, was three selections
by the Kyoto Youth Symphony. Cecil Land
(5153) reports, "They played Bach like
they were born with it.”

Cecil and George Samara (5132) were
among 300 scientists from 12 foreign coun¬
tries who presented papers at the Kyoto
meeting. As is frequently the case, visits
to university facilities and the laboratories
of industrial firms in the host country
were of great interest.

En route to Japan, the two Sandians
visited the laboratory of Professor M. H.
Manghnini at the University of Hawaii.
He is studying the effects of very high
pressure on the physical properties of na¬
tural and synthetic materials using ultra¬
sonic techniques.

The first evening in Tokyo, on their way
to a restaurant, Cecil and George walked
right into several hundred demonstrators.
The Japanese students were chanting and
formed a snake dance, but it was all under
the eye of the police and quite orderly.

After the Kyoto meeting Cecil and
George visited the Institute for Solid State
Physics of the University of Tokyo. Some
of the work in ferroelectricity, ferromag¬
netism, and high pressure research is re¬
lated to Sandia projects and they found it
useful to exchange ideas.

Another visit was to the Electrical Com¬
munications Laboratory, the Japanese
equivalent of Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Cecil gave an informal talk on optical
properties of ferroelectric ceramics before
a large group of staff members, many of
whom saw a number of possible applica¬
tions. Electrooptics research underway
there is in laser transmission channels,
image transmission, modulation schemes
for lasers, high density electrooptic mem¬
ories, and magnetooptic devices using man¬
ganese bismuth thin films. “We saw re¬
search along the same lines as that under¬
way in America, and the results appeared
to be parallel,” Cecil says. “We were im¬
pressed with their efforts in crystal grow¬
ing. They had some of the best electro-
optical crystals we had ever seen, and the
crystals were apparently grown by stand¬
ard techniques.”

George stopped at the Electro-Technical
Laboratory (the equivalent of our Nation¬
al Bureau of Standards) to meet scientists
with whom he had corresponded who are
interested in ferromagnetism and ferro¬
electricity. He also gave an informal talk
there.

Cecil stayed on in Tokyo where he was
among eight speakers invited to participate
in a symposium on Applications of Ferro-
electrics in the Fields of Electronics and
Opto Electronics. This meeting, attended
by about 200 persons, was held in a resi¬
dence built for the Prince of Japan and,
after World War II, occupied by the Prime
Minister.

He was invited to visit the laboratory of
Professors W. Kinase and K. Ohi at the

“TEA BREAK," during a recent technical
symposium in Tokyo, found Cecil Land
(5153) exchanging ideas with S. Banno
(left), of the TKF Company in Nagoya,
Japan. Building in background is former
residence of the Prince of Japan.

Waseda University School of Science and
Engineering. These men are concerned
with single crystal ferroelectrics of anti¬
mony sulfur iodide crystals. Several grad¬
uate students are assisting them in theo¬
retical studies of the physical properties
of crystals with high polarization charac¬
teristics.

“Buildings at two of the three campuses
of Waseda University have been occupied
by rioting students and the structures have
been badly defaced,” Cecil relates. “The
laboratory of these two professors was oc-
laboratory of these two professors was
occupied for one day. Since they work
closely with students, they found this
especially disturbing.”

George wanted to visit the laboratory of
a friend in Osaka, but a telephone call dis¬
closed that the professor’s lab had been
occupied by students for two months!

Both Sandians agreed that the Kyoto
meeting was the best-organized conference
they had ever attended. They were also
impressed by the hospitality shown to the
foreign visitors.

Take Note

Charles Barnes (5112) will present “The
Effects of Co-60 Gamma Irradiation on
Epitaxial GaAs Laser Diodes” at the 5100
Staff Seminar on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The
talk will start at 8:30 a.m. in Bldg. 806,
Rm. 201. Interested Sandia technical staff
are invited to attend the seminar.

SHOPPING CENTER

SHOPPING CENTER

SHOPPING CENTER

SHOPPING CENTER

SHOPPING CENTER

COLLIES, AKC, show quality, males & females,
sable & white, $75 and up, terms to suit, avail¬

able Dec. 1 or will hold for Christmas. Lotz.
296-2473 after 5.

EIGHT PIECE limed oak dining room suite. 6

chairs, table, buffet, 3 leaves, $95, 2817 Espanola

NE. Sc'— '

PUPPY, r

of litter, AKC reg. German
lent blood lines, later stud
Villella, 298-7955.

LANGE SKI BOOTS, size 814 meduim width, u
5 times, $70. Whiting, 298-6598.

•57 ALLSTATE 125cc motorcycle, $70; doj hi
$5. Weber, 298-1564.

DOUBLE BED w/box springs & mattress. $45.

matching dresser, $75. Villa, 298-0435.

TWO hand carved chairs, $30 e;

2767.

s & coats,

. Marsh, 243-

'69 CHEVROLET 3/4 carryall seat w,seatbelt &
hardware. South. 299-4060 after 5 30.

EARLY AMERICAN hutch, solid maple; lawn
edger & trimmer. Pass, 256-9663.

DUAL pickup electric guitar & amp. used very lit¬
tle, not expensive. Hubbard, 299-7818.
ARISTR0CRAT LO-Liner, 15' camper, '66 model,
$1350. Wyer, 255-8190.

ELECTRIC GUITAR & amplifier, Fender Kalamazoo

6-string w reverb. 25w amp., cost $350 sell for

$200 or make offer. Scott. 299-3412.

EIGHT PUCE SETTINGS Lennox china, cost $40/
set, sell for $22/setting. Gasser, 255-4562.
HEATER, SAFETY. Coleman catalytic, flameless,
adjustable 500-8000 BTU, for tents, trailers,
etc., used 3 trips. $25. Hunter. 296-2713.
ANTIQUE Victorian furniture, living room. Eagan,
298-0196.

GIBS0N-UNCER AMP. 1 12” speaker, reverb,
tremelo, foot pedal plus speaker box, 1 15” speak¬
er, $125 or best offer. Mileshosky, 255-8904.

2 SNOW TIRES & RIMS, 8:25x14 Oldsmobile size,
$30. Stirbis. 299-5363.

COUCH, white leather, $25. Meekins. 298-6681

DANISH MODERN couch, $50; lounge chair &
ottoman in brown naugahyde, $75; bumper pool

table w/professional slate top, $100. Syme, 298-

9167.

COMPLETE Purox Acetylene welding & cutting out-

’ SPYDER bicycle, w, speedometer, $25: Whirl-
lool automatic washer, $40; set of 4 soldier
jlaques, metal, $20, cost $30. Fergesen, 299-

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gray metal. Farley, 296-5732 after 6.

SMALL miniature black poodles, males & females, 6
wks. old. Johnson, 255-0262.

MAPLE double bed w/matching chest of drawers &
mirror; walnut chest of drawers; TV & stereo
combination; bed spreads. Chandler, 296-3323.
SKIS, Lund laminated hickory wood 205’s. cable
binding, safety straps, used 1 yr., $40. Browne,
344-9675 after 6.

TOY POODLES. AKC champion lines. 3 silver, 2
apricot, very small. Chavez, 298-0674, 3316
Betts NE.

TWO CHESTS of precision tools; 21”x26" drafting

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256-7717.

CAIRN TERRIER puppy, female, whelped Aug. 23.

'69. AKC reg. litter, light brindle w/black mask.

Mozey, 299-0349.

SOFA, white plastic, 78” long, $50: child's chest
of drawers, 14x32x47” long, $15. Pope, 255-
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14. boots & gloves, all for $100. Bolles, 298-

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DISHWASHER, I
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dual pickups, $190; Olds
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pedigree, very small. Shipley, 298-2433.
ELECTROLUX tank vacuum cleaner w/accessorier

$20; photo tripod. $5: Silvertone B&W TV, $15;

' ‘ gadget bag, $3. Alvino, 255-6339.

terrestial telescope (also

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r. Rick-

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Schowers, 255-6048.

MAHOGANY drop-leaf table/buffet, $40/ea., hide-
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4 dinette chairs, chrome. Curkendall, 296-1339.

SONY 530 tape recorder, used a few hours, speakers

& microphones included, will demonstrate, $240.
Phillips. 298-0541.

35.000 BTU/HR Coleman floor furnace, 24.000
BTU HR Cozy floor furnace; 4 chrome wheels
for Volkswagen. Campbell, 268-8445.

TRUCK TIRE CHAINS, 700-15, $10. Stephenson,
299-3914.

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’58 MGA ROADSTER, engine & clutch completely
rebuilt recently. MacDougall, 299-8496.

'64 VW 1500 sedan, radio, rebuilt engine, $950.
Everett, 264-9133.

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25,000 miles, steel belt Michelin tires 5000
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52 5 JjHEVR0LET, $125. Jewell. 256-0414 after

62 VW deluxe sunroof sedan, 23,000 miles on
rebuilt engine, new Dunlop tires, new interior,
radio. $650. Freedman, 298-2177.

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61 VW bug. ball clutch bearing, new brakes, tires,
80,000 miles. $395. Barbier, 299-1305.

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good, original owner, $95. Sundt, 256-3220

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Coronado Club Activities

Packed November Calendar Features
Social Hours, Lobster, Soul Session

The Coronado Club calendar is packed
for the next couple of weeks with some
outstanding events.

TONIGHT. The Aristocrats will play for
dancing at social hour while the Club’s
famous chuckwagon roast beef tops the
buffet. The buffet costs $1.75 for adults,
$1.50 for kids.

TOMORROW, the free football bus to
University Stadium will leave the Club at
1 p.m. The Lobos will tackle Arizona State.
The bus will return to the Club after the
game where social hour prices will prevail
in the main lounge for one hour.

TOMORROW NIGHT, teenage sons
and daughters of members will assemble
for the monthly teen go go. Something
called "The Gertude Blues” will start
writhing about 7:30 p.m. and keep it up
until 10:30 p.m. Member parents should
pick up tickets <25 cents for members, 50
cents for guests) by 9 p.m. tonight.

NEXT FRIDAY, Nov. 14, social hour will
feature the big happy sounds of the Gappy
Mestas orchestra while the southern fried
chicken is spread for the buffet. Social
hours get underway right after work on
Friday evenings with special prices until
9 p.m. The buffet is served from 6 to 8
p.m. while the band plays for dancing
from 6 to 9 p.m. Then the TGIF crowd
moves to the main lounge where Yolanda
Adent holds a sing-along with piano.

SATURDAY, Nov. 15, is another big
day for Club activities.

The football bus will leave the Club at
1 p.m. for the Lobo Homecoming game
with Wyoming. After the game, social
hour prices in the main lounge.

At San Mateo Lanes that afternoon, the
Club will conduct a bowling tournament for
men and women’s singles and doubles. Top
bowlers will qualify as members of the
Club’s teams and will compete in the City
tournaments. To enter the competition,
contact John Nakayama <1514), director,
tel. 299-8539.

On Saturday night, Nov. 15, the New
England seafood dinner will be enjoyed
by the 250 early-bird people who made
their reservations in time. The event was
sold out two weeks ago. Sol Chavez and
the mighty Duke City Brass will play for
dancing after the troops enjoy a free wine
taste, Maine lobsters and cherrystone
clams.

For those who missed out, take heart:
another New England seafood dinner with
the same menu is scheduled March 14.
It’s only a few months away and Club
Manager Jim Noonan just might take
your reservation now.

ON NOV. 11, the Club will take a holiday
and facilities will be closed.

THANKSGIVING TURKEY LUNCHEON
will be served as a 99-cent special on
Thursday, Nov. 20. Rosario Ayres will
present a Holiday Fashion Show during
the noon hour.

SOCIAL HOUR on Friday, Nov. 21, will
feature Tommy Kelly and the trio of smil¬
ing Irishmen on the bandstand while the
New Mexican food buffet is spread.

ON SATURDAY, Nov. 22, a modern
rock group — Rod King and the Knights
— will return to the Club, by popular de¬
mand of the younger ones, to play for a
"Pre-Holiday Soul Session.” This is an
evening of listening and dancing to one of
Albuquerque’s outstanding musical groups.
Social hour prices will prevail from 8 p.m.
until midnight. The event is free to mem¬
bers, 50 cents for guests.

DUPLICATE bridge meets Mondays
at 7 pun. Coronado Ladies bridge meets
Thursday, Nov. 20, at 1 p.m.

CORONADO SKI CLUB will meet Tues¬
day, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. to hear a talk on
Sandia Peak facilities and a safety talk by
members of the Sandia Peak Ski Patrol.

GAME NIGHTS continue on Wednesdays
at 7:30 with numerous prizes.

MID-WEEK SOCIAL HOURS continue
on Tuesday evenings with special prices
from 5 to 8 p.m.

Coronado Club

FOOTBALL

Leaves Club at 1 p.m.
Tomorrow—Lobos vs. Arizona
Nov. 15—Lobos vs. Wyoming
Return to Club after
Game for Social Hour

Betty Jo Espinosa
is the Lobo fan.

Speakers

Albuquerque Author Speaks
At Sanado Meet Nov. 12

Sanado Club will meet Wednesday, Nov.
12, at 1:15 p.m. in the Coronado Club for
a sherry luncheon. Guest speaker will be
Lois Duncan Arquette (husband Don works
in 2626) who will discuss "When the House¬
wife Writes a Book.”

Mrs. Arquette sold her first story at age
13 and has since published more than 200
fiction pieces in national magazines plus 14
novels ranging from murder mysteries to
preschool picture books.

Reservations for the luncheon should be
mailed today to Mrs. Keith Smith, 1508
Valencia NE.

Sandia

Safety Signals

Nests are always the first to
go. Please use fire carefully.

P. J. Chen (1721), “Theory of Singular
Surfaces as a Model for the Studies of
Wave Propagation in Materials,” Rice Uni¬
versity Department of Mathematical Sci¬
ences, Oct. 16, Houston.

J. H. Graham (7624), "Numerical Results
on Approximating Known Surfaces with
Coons Surface Patches,” 1969 Joint Confer¬
ence on Mathematical and Computer Aids
to Design, Oct. 26-30, Anaheim, Calif.

A. F. Witte (7324), “A Force-Acceleration
Control Technique for Vibration Testing”;
H. D. Arlowe (7345), “Noice Rejection in
Strain-Gage Instrumentation”; J. V. Otts

Events Calendar

Nov. 7-9, 13-16—"The Subject Was Roses,”
Old Town Studio, 1208 Rio Grande
NW.

Nov. 8—Warren Miller movie “This Is
Skiing,” sponsored by Sandia Peak Ski
Patrol, Civic Auditorium.

Nov. 8—Rock musical "Your Own Thing,”
UNM Popejoy Hall.

Nov. 11-12—“Yo Soy Pablo Neruda,” po¬
etry reading in Spanish at Old Town
Studio.

Nov. 12—St. James Day fiesta and har¬
vest dances, Tesuque and Jemez
Pueblos.

Nov. 13-14—Holiday Ideas Show, Civic
Auditorium.

Nov. 14-15—UNM Homecoming Events,
campus decoration tour, parade, UNM
vs. Wyoming in football.

Nov. 15-16—Ski Patrol's Third Annual
Ski Swap, 9 to 6, Flower Building,
State Fair Grounds.

Nov. 15—Rowan and Martin Laugh-in,
UNM Basketball Arena.

Nov. 16—UNM Chamber Orchestra pro¬
gram, UNM Recital Hall.

Variable Annuity
Unit Value

Nov. 1, 1969 1.573

Sept. 1969 .1.564

Average 1968 Value 1.647

and N. F. Hunter (both 7324), “Shock Re¬
production on Shakers.” 24th Annual In¬
strument Society of America convention,
Oct. 27-30, Houston.

J. B. Gerardo and M. A. Gusinow (both
5243), “Electron-Ion Recombination in
Helium at 77°K”; G. J. Lockwood (5235),
“Total Cross Section for Single Electron
Loss by Ne and Ar in Nitrogen Oxygen and
Air”; J. E. Houston (5332), “Energy Dis¬
tribution of Mo Ions Returning to the
Sputtering Cathode in an Argon Glow
Discharge” American Physical Society’s
22nd Gaseous Electronics Conference, Oct.
29-31, Gatlinburg, Tenn.

L. S. Nelson and S. R. Skaggs (both
5224), “Heating and Vaporization of
Basalts with a Carbon Dioxide Laser,” In¬
ternational Meeting of the Meteoritical
S:ciety, Oct. 29-31, Houston.

D. G. Schueler (2633), “Optical Deter¬
mination of the Space-Charge Region in
Semiconductors by Ellipsometry,” 1969 In¬
ternational Electron Devices Meeting, Oct.
29-31, Washington.

D. C. Williams (5321), “DWBA Analysis
of the 40,44 <Ca<t,p> Reaction at 7.5 MEV,”
American Physical Society’s Division of
Nuclear Physics, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, Boulder.
Colo.

A. C. Switendick (5151), “Calculation of
Orbital Symmetry Contributions to Elec¬
tronic Density of States of AuAl.,”: J. E.
Schirber <5150), W. J. O'Sullivan (Uni¬
versity of Colorado), and Switendick, “Fer¬
mi Surface Properties of the Noble Metals
at Normal Volume and as a Function of
Pressure,” Electronic Density of States
Conference, Nov. 3-6, Gaithersburg, Md.

P. D. Thacher (5153), “Ferroelectric
Electrooptic Ceramics,” Users of Automatic
Information Display Equipment Meeting,
Nov. 3-6, San Diego.

C. E. Land (5153), “Electrooptic Ceramics
for Information Storage and Display,”
IEEE Northeast Electronics Research and
Engineering Meeting, Nov. 5-7, Boston.

N. J. DeLollis <5333), “Aging of Adhesive
Specimens and Mechanism of Bond Fail¬
ure,” AF Space and Missile Systems Organ¬
ization, Nov. 6-7, Los Angeles.

M. A. McCutchan (3235), “Current and
Future Development and Manpower Po¬
tentials for New Mexico,” New Mexico Con¬
ference of Social Welfare. Nov. 6, Albu¬
querque.

D. Thornbrough
Accepts AEC Post
In Las Vegas

“Director of the
Office of Peaceful
Nuclear Explosives”
for AEC's Nevada
Operations Office is
Dean Thornbrough’s
new title. He has
taken a leave of ab¬
sence from Sandia’s
Systems Planning
Staff 100 to accept
the position.

The Office of Peaceful Nuclear Explo¬
sives will serve as a focal point for all
activities in the Plowshare Program, in¬
cluding coordination with industry and the
execution of Plowshare projects at other
than the Nevada Test Site.

Dean joined Sandia’s Field Testing or¬
ganization in June 1952 after earning his
degree in physics from Texas Technolog¬
ical College. He has participated in all of
the full scale nuclear testing programs
since that time, both in the Pacific and
in Nevada.

He was test director for Sandia's Cypress
shot. In addition, he participated in such
Plowshare projects as Gnome at Carlsbad,
Project Salmon at Hattiesburg, Miss., Cow¬
boy in Louisiana and Project Chariot in
Alaska.

Dean became supervisor of a full-scale
testing instrumentation division in Febru¬
ary 1965 and, in nuclear testing activities,
was usually a test program director with
responsibilities in management, systems
planning, engineering and instrumentation.

He joined the Systems Planning Staff in
May 1969.

Currently commuting between Las Vegas
and Albuquerque, Dean will establish a
home in Nevada in January. His wife
Peggy is teaching in the Albuquerque
school system. Their son Mike attends the
University of New Mexico, while daughter
Cheri attends New Mexico State Univer¬
sity.